1. An integrated diamond nanophotonics platform for quantum-optical networks
by A. Sipahigil, R. E. Evans, D. D. Sukachev, M. J. Burek, J. Borregaard, M. K. Bhaskar, C. T. Nguyen, J. L. Pacheco, H. A. Atikian, C. Meuwly, R. M. Camacho, F. Jelezko, E. Bielejec, H. Park, M. Lončar, and M. D. Lukin
Science
Volume 354(6314):
November 18, 2016
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2. Fig. 1 Positioning and strong coupling of SiVs in diamond cavities.
Positioning and strong coupling of SiVs in diamond cavities. (A) Schematic of a SiV center in a diamond photonic crystal cavity. (B) Scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a cavity. (C) SEM of five cavities fabricated out of undoped diamond. After fabrication, SiV centers are deterministically positioned at the center of each cavity using focused Si+ ion beam implantation. (D) SiV fluorescence is detected at the center of each nanocavity shown in (C). (E) Measured cavity transmission (blue, Ch. 3) and SiV scattered fluorescence (red, Ch. 2) spectrum. Three SiV centers are coupled to the cavity, and each results in suppressed transmission. (F) Strong extinction, ∆T/T = 38(3)%, of probe transmission from a single SiV center. Optical transition linewidths are measured with the cavity detuned (orange) and on resonance (red, count rate offset by −150 Hz and multiplied by 3.3) with the SiV transition.
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3. Fig. 4 Spectrally tunable single photons using Raman transitions.
Spectrally tunable single photons using Raman transitions. (A) Photons scattered by a single SiV into a diamond waveguide are efficiently coupled to a single-mode (SM) fiber. A scanning Fabry-Perot (FP) cavity is used to measure emission spectra (19). (B) Under excitation at a detuning Δ, the emission spectrum contains spontaneous emission (labeled S) at frequency and narrow Raman emission (R) at frequency . (C) Δ is varied from 0 to 6 GHz in steps of 1 GHz, and a corresponding tuning of the Raman emission frequency is observed. The red curves in (B) and (C) are the same data.
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4. Fig. 5 Quantum interference and two-SiV entanglement in a nanophotonic waveguide.
Quantum interference and two-SiV entanglement in a nanophotonic waveguide. (A) Photons scattered by two SiV centers into a diamond waveguide are detected after a polarizer. (B) After emission of an indistinguishable photon, the two SiVs are in the entangled state , which decays at the collectively enhanced rate of into the waveguide. (C) After emission of a distinguishable photon, the two SiVs are in a classical mixture of states and , which decays at a rate into the waveguide. (D) Intensity autocorrelations for the waveguide photons. Exciting only a single SiV yields for SiV1 (orange data), and for SiV2. Blue: Both SiVs excited; Raman photons are spectrally distinguishable. Red: Both SiVs excited; Raman photons are tuned to be indistinguishable. The observed contrast between the blue and the red curves at is due to the collectively enhanced decay of . The solid curves are fits to a model (19).
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5. Fig. 2 An all-optical switch using a single SiV.
An all-optical switch using a single SiV. (A and B) The transmission of a probe field is modulated using a gate pulse that optically pumps the SiV to state (A) or (B). (C) Probe field transmission measured after the initialization gate pulse. Initialization in state () results in increased (suppressed) transmission and (D) suppressed (increased) fluorescence.
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6. Fig. 3 Single-photon switching.
Single-photon switching. (A) Cavity transmission and SiV transition linewidth measured at different probe intensities. (B and C) Intensity autocorrelations of the scattered (fluorescence) and transmitted fields. The scattered field shows antibunching (B), whereas the transmitted photons are bunched with an increased contribution from photon pairs (C). (D) Intensity cross-correlation between the scattered and transmitted fields. is measured under different conditions with above-saturation excitation (19).
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